[Cucumber-linux-security] thunderbird (security update is available)
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From: Z5T1 <z5...@z5...> - 2017-10-15 15:41:58
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Update Information A security update is available for thunderbird for the following versions of Cucumber Linux: * 1.0 * 1.1 Alpha Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.0 changelog: +----------------+ Fri Oct 6 22:11:17 EDT 2017 xapps-general/thunderbird upgraded from 52.3 to 52.4. This most likely fixes some security issues, but Mozilla doesn't like to tell us about these until a couple of weeks after they publish the update (thanks guys). To be safe, we will treat this update as a security update. * SECURITY FIX * Since then, mozilla has made the list of vulnerabilities fixed in this release public. The list can be viewed at: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-23/ and addresses the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-7793: Use-after-free with Fetch API CVE-2017-7818: Use-after-free during ARIA array manipulation CVE-2017-7819: Use-after-free while resizing images in design mode CVE-2017-7824: Buffer overflow when drawing and validating elements with ANGLE CVE-2017-7805: Use-after-free in TLS 1.2 generating handshake hashes CVE-2017-7814: Blob and data URLs bypass phishing and malware protection warnings CVE-2017-7825: OS X fonts render some Tibetan and Arabic unicode characters as spaces CVE-2017-7823: CSP sandbox directive did not create a unique origin CVE-2017-7810: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 56, Firefox ESR 52.4, and Thunderbird 52.4 +----------------+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CLD and CVE Information This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency (CLD) and CVE numbers: * CLD-80 [NULL] (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=80) More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in parenthesis above). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Installing the Update The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following commands (as root): # pickle --update # pickle Make sure thunderbird is selected on the update list, and then select Ok. Pickle will then install the updated package. If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Cucumber Linux Security Team cuc...@li... <mailto:cuc...@li...> http://www.cucumberlinux.com/security.php |